Dress Up

Sawyer enjoyed trick-or-treat last weekend.  It took a little coaxing to get him into the costume but he finally decided it was worth wearing to get the candy.  Sawyer was a chicken and Cailey was a frog.   Andi Grace was also a chicken.  She and Sawyer had matching costumes which was a complete coincidence but very cute.

Today, I bought some clearance costumes at 75% off.  I figure that they will work well for playing dress up or for future trick-or-treating.  I bought a pink princess dress, an angel dress and a Tinker Bell costume.  On average, each costume was about $10.  I told Sawyer to pick out a costume but he didn’t want one.  I might go back and buy a fireman or superhero costume.  After all, a princess needs a hero, right?

It seems like we’ve been very busy but I can’t really think of anything major that we’ve been doing.  I guess it has just been a lot of little stuff.  We had a mini Janssen family reunion at our house three weekends ago and last weekend we helped Peter’s brother move into his very first house.  We’ve been doing a lot of leaf raking/blowing.  This is our first fall with a leaf blower and I love it.  I’m not sure if the work gets done any faster but it is easier and I don’t get any blisters.

I’ve been trying to think of some sort of child’s fort to build in our playroom.  It is something that I would have loved to have when I was little.  I would like something with two levels which is causing a little bit of difficulty because our ceilings are pretty low (maybe 6.5-7 feet).  I was also considering a slide but I think it would take up too much space.  Now that I have a little girl, a mini-house or castle would be fun but it probably has to be gender neutral so that Sawyer will want to use it, too.  If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.

Here are a few pics of the kids.